Magnificent New Temple for ISKCON's Founder Graces Mayapur City in East India

Magnificent New Temple for ISKCON's Founder Graces Mayapur City in East India

Magnificent New Temple for ISKCON's Founder Graces Mayapur City in East India

Photos, clockwise from top: exterior view of the elegant, east/west influenced Pushpa Samadhi Mandir, designed by a Dutch architect in collaboration with an Italian, with sculpting done locally in Mayapur; the central bronze statue of Srila Prabhupada receiving arati; view of the posh main hall and the devotees attending the auspicious bathing ceremonies; a view of the gardens of Mayapur on the banks of the Ganges in West Bengal; two of the many western-styled tile-mosaics found on the ceiling of the mandir, depicting Prabhupada in various stages of his life's mission.